Kerfourn
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Pontivy | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 3 ′ N , 2 ° 50 ′ W | |
| height | 92-138 m | |
| surface | 19.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 838 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 43 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56920 | |
| INSEE code | 56092 | |
| Website | http://kerfourn.fr/ | |
Kerfourn ( Breton : Kerforn ) is a French municipality with 838 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .
geography
Kerfourn is located in the north of the Morbihan department and is part of the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring communities are Gueltas in the northeast, Crédin in the east, Évellys with Naizin in the southeast and south and Noyal-Pontivy in the west, northwest and north.
The place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. The most important road connection is the D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ), which passes several kilometers west of the municipality.
In addition to numerous ponds, several streams ( Belle Chère , Le Guern and Le Lindreu ) are the most important bodies of water. These also partially form the municipal boundary.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 769 | 765 | 713 | 731 | 773 | 724 | 793 |
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Pondi (French: Pays de Pontivy) area and shares its history. It was created in 1839 by splitting the former municipality of Noyal-Pontivy into five municipalities.
Attractions
- Saint-Eloi village church from 1896/1899 with cult objects from the previous church from the 15th century
- Notre-Dame de Lourdes prayer house from the 20th century in the public park
- House of Kervellec
- House of Le Rohic with bread oven
- 17th century Saint Vincent fountain in Le Clézio
- 17th century Saint-Eloi fountain
- a water mill and a windmill in Guerniquello and Lindreux
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 732-733.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the CC du Pays de PontivyCC (French)
- ↑ Map with the municipalities of the Pays de Pontivy ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kerfourn on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
